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Example sentences for: purportedly

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Hypothesized migrations out of northern Asia purportedly occurred along three lines: 1) westward into Europe, with gradual migration into North America, western Asia, Asia Minor, the Mediterranean, and Africa; 2) eastward into Siberia into western North America, and into eastern Europe; and 3) further south into Asia primarily during the Quaternary.
The assassin these theorists have in mind is William Greer, the driver of JFK's own car, who purportedly braked, drew his gun, and delivered the coup de grâce in the middle of the motorcade.
Under strong pressure from the GOP Congress in his third year in office, he submitted a plan that purportedly would balance the budget in seven years--at the price of deep domestic spending cuts.
Rather than attack the case the way it has purportedly attacked its competitors, the company has largely ignored it, instead using its rebuttal opportunities to proclaim itself a producer of wonderful products and a dogged servant of consumers.
Most unnecessary photo: A tie between the Globe 's full-page shot of John receiving what is said to be his last communion and the Star 's grainy frame-grab purportedly showing the Today show's Katie Couric "breaking down" while reporting from Hyannis Port, Mass.